 Lecturing on the kantele at the 2007 FinnFest in Ashtabula, Ohio |
More than Twenty
years ago I began research for a doctoral dissertation on the Finnish kantele.
On this site I make
that dissertation available. For a more
concise and scholarly approach, I refer the reader to my kantele
and gusli articles published in the second edition of the New
Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
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Carl Rahkonen Read my latest thoughts in an interview by Lani K. Thompson
| Table of Contents: The Kantele Traditions of Finland Note: Only the text; Illustrations will be added later. Quick link to: Kantele History |
The Finnish kantele
The Estonian kannel Karelian kannel Russian gusli Baltic Psaltery Symposia |
Some related sites:
Virtual
Finland kantele page
Hannu
Saha's kantele article
Kantele builder Gerry Luoma Henkel
Kanteleliitto (Finnish kantele
society) in Finnish
Jussi Laasanen (Master kantele
and fiddle maker in Finland)
Zhoukov and Maraev
kantele site
Russian gusli
Lani K. Thompson's kantelemusic.com
site
Note: This site is still under construction. More will be coming in the future.
Please read the official disclaimer.
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Rahkonen. © 2003- Last modified 6/10/08
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